So we got a new woodstove...

[Eli]

Do I just need to go to a woodstove shop and get whatever pieces of flue piping I need to hook it up?

Is there any compound that goes on to seal the pipes up?

I've been around woodstoves a lot, but never removed or installed one.

 

[pontifex]

what brand of stove?

 

[DeadByDawn]

No compound that I know of. You might need doublewall pipe that is about $100 per 4 feet. Give us more details on where you are installing, straight up through the roof? In an old chimney, etc.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: pontifex
what brand of stove?

No brand.

Just a cheap POS I'm sure, it's tiny.. But a ring of rocks in the middle of the hearth would practically be better than the stove we have now.

It's so warped and open that not only is it dangerous and will fill the house up with smoke if the damper is turned down at all, the fire inside burns like it's an open fire.. so it's extremely inefficient in terms of wood usage.

 

[ViviTheMage]

pics

 

[Kelemvor]

Ask the people at the store you get the piping from... They can probably tell you.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: DeadByDawn
No compound that I know of. You might need doublewall pipe that is about $100 per 4 feet. Give us more details on where you are installing, straight up through the roof? In an old chimney, etc.

I'm not installing a woodstove into a house that doesen't already have one, lol.

I just want to remove the old one and install the new one. I think the flue pipe we have is 8" and the stove uses 6", so I assumed there was a simple adapter I can get, plus whatever lengths I need.. since the stoves are physically different heights.

 

[her209]

Is there anything I should know about putting it in?

Go slow until you're more comfortable.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: her209

Is there anything I should know about putting it in?

Go slow until you're more comfortable.

:laugh:

 

[DeadByDawn]

I'm not sure about the installation stuff. But I love my woodstove. Haven't had to turn on the heat yet this year.

 

[Pastore]

I miss the smell of a wood stove. Stupid gas....

 

[nweaver]

wood stove > all


especially when the power goes out alot (like it does for me)


although my R40 insulated walls rock too, so I don't burn or turn heat on too often.

 

[altonb1]

Not to thread-jack, but I have been thinkingabout putting a wood stove into my house. I have a house built in 1908 that has an old furnace. How hard would it be to install a wood stove if I decide to go that route?

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: altonb1
Not to thread-jack, but I have been thinkingabout putting a wood stove into my house. I have a house built in 1908 that has an old furnace. How hard would it be to install a wood stove if I decide to go that route?

Furnace and wood stove are not supposed to be on the same chimney. So, it really depends on how easily you can install a chimney. Just for what it's worth, check out the availability of getting bags of rice coal in your area. Anthracite coal has a LOT of btu's per pound, plus it's quite cheap. Without actually spending the next 5 minutes doing some research, I'm fairly certain that it's by far the cheapest way to heat a house. (If your firewood is free, then sell one season's worth of firewood at the going rate in your area, buy coal with the proceeds, and you'll probably come out ahead.)